Stories by Monique Steele

Daisy Lab has been given the go-ahead to scale up production 500-fold.

North Canterbury's Steven Brown is calling for a new approach to a hive-destroying disease. Audio

Bird flu, the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, was top of the agenda at the International Poultry Council's annual meeting in Argentina last week.

A prominent Bay of Plenty farming family is giving up 100 hectares of farmland that has served them for 60 years.

The trial involves dropping the log book for drivers to record their hours in favour of a fatigue-testing app, and changing break requirements.

The 40 megawatt-peak farm is expected to generate electricity for about 7800 homes.

Sheep and beef farmer Greg Anderson says it is a "terrible time" for Alliance to ask, given struggles in the industry.

The red meat cooperative was profitable for nine out of the last 10 years - but last year, it reported a $70 million loss after tax.

Conservationists are butting heads about the best way to control Fiordland's wapiti elk populations, now the subject of a legal stoush.

Velvetleaf can grow up to 2.5 metres tall, it has large, heart-shaped leaves with pointy tips and velvety hairs, and small, buttery yellow flowers.

A lack of rain on the North Island's East Coast may be good for the area's fruit and vegetable growers - but the dry is starting to bite for pastoral farmers.

It comes as new data shows a dramatic increase of dolphin captures and other fish and seabirds by the commercial fishing industry. Audio

A Christchurch company is expanding production of its South African-style dried meat snacks once again to keep up with insatiable demand.

The gains made in agricultural science over the past decade could slow as the government funding tap runs dry, the programme's director says.

One of the workers raised the alarm with MBIE.

Johnson Davis has been riding since he was a toddler and says he is "chuffed" to have the title - and the winner's trophy saddle.

Log inventories are piling up as orders from China slow in wait for prices to hit rock bottom, a forestry consultant says.

Dry conditions are no good for farmers right now, but at Dominion Salt's works south of Blenheim, workers can't get enough.

Unworkable and inconsistent regulations are making agricultural spraying near-impossible in some areas, says the New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association.

With tomatoes retailing for as low as $2.99 a kilogram in supermarkets, it's not good news for growers, the industry says.

Kaitiakitanga, or guardianship, is driving a project to restore wild mussel beds around the ocean floor at the top of the South Island after years of overfishing.

Auckland computer scientist heading to the US to work on predicting stress levels in bees.

The partnership will have NZ scientists sharing planting practices, post-harvest and processing work, and how to export the high-value horticultural produce.

A Northland horticulturist hopes consumers will soon be able to buy locally-grown bananas in New Zealand.

The advice comes as China increases its own domestic dairy production and birth rates remain low.